The Friends of Charles Darwin

Some recent radio programmes and podcasts I have enjoyed that are available online (you wouldn't believe how long it took me to retrieve all the following links, so make good use of them!):

• BBC Radio 4 Frontiers: Linnaeus (RealPlayer, eugh!)
  Peter Evans celebrates the 300th anniversary of Carl Linnaeus, the Swedish Natural Historian, who gave us many of the names of plants and animals we still use today. (Why doesn't this excellent series have a podcast?)
  Related links: Show notes | Home page
• BBC Radio 4 In Our Time: Ockham's Razor (RealPlayer, humph!)
  Why is William of Ockham significant in the history of philosophy, how did his turbulent life fit within the political dramas of his time and to what extent do we see his ideas in the work of later thinkers such as Thomas Hobbes and even Martin Luther? (Note: His eponymous razor is hardly mentioned—and might not even have been his—but don't let that put you off.)
  Related links: Show notes | Home page | RSS feed
• Guardian Science Weekly Podcast: 21st May, 2007 (MP3, yay!)
  Featuring Alison Pearn from the Darwin Correspondence Project on Darwin the scientist, Darwin the student, Darwin the devoted dad, and even Darwin the comedian. (Guardian story here.) [Note: Alison Pearn is featured at two different points on the podcast.]
  Related links: Show notes | Home page | RSS feed | Subscribe via iTunes
• TED Talks: E.O. Wilson: Help build the Encyclopedia of Life (MP3, yup!)
  As E.O. Wilson accepts his 2007 TED Prize, he makes a plea on behalf of his constituents, the insects and small creatures, to learn more about our biosphere.
  Related links: Show notes | Home page | RSS feed | Zipped MP4 video
• Royal Society Podcast: Robert Hooke (M4V, iPods only, naughty!)
  A fascinating look at the disorganised paper trail left by Robert Hooke, the Royal Society's first Curator of Experiments, and at the efforts of contemporary historians to piece together his paperwork and restore his legacy. (I just wish the ever-enthusiastic Lisa Jardine had let her archivist colleague get a word in edgeways.)
  Related links: Home page | RSS feed | Archives weblog (and Feed)
• New Scientist Podcast: Darwin's Descendant (MP3, woot!)
  Author Matthew Chapman recounts his experience as a great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin covering a court case that pitted evolutionary biologists against proponents of Intelligent Design. (One of the last episodes of the late, lamented New Scientist podcast.)